Name/Title
Poetry as spiritual practice :reading, writing, and using poetry in your daily rituals, aspirations, and intentions /Robert McDowell.Description
pt. 1. The shape of practice, the mystery of poetry. Clearing obstacles: joyful rituals of poetry as practice -- Nursery rhymes, chants, and hymns: early encounters with poetry as practice -- The shape of practice: waking up through poetry -- pt. 2. Building blocks. Words, metaphor, simile -- Alliteration and assonance -- Rhyme and meter -- Stanza -- pt. 3. Forms for practice. Haiku: perfection of a seed -- Sonnet: be nimble, be quick -- Villanelle: the power of echo -- Sestina: repetition in practice -- Limerick and epigram: playful and laughing -- Ghazal: attention and wonder -- Pantoum: questing, devotion, gratitude -- Prose poem: practice in someone else's skin -- pt. 4. Three genres for practice. Elegy: celebration and letting go -- Free verse: diligent individuality -- Story poems: practicing deep delight.
xii, 270 pages ;20 cmBook Details
Author
McDowell, RobertDate Published
2008Publication Subjects
Poetry--Religious aspects
Poetry.
Poetry.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01067691
Religion and poetry.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01093841Call No.
PN1077 .M35 2008ISBN
9781416566502, 1416566503LCCN
2007050310Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270).
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